Clearly hoping to take the wind out of his sails, Barack Obama has launched an apparent preemptive strike against an upcoming Wall Street Journal Fairness Doctrine Op-Ed written by Rush Limbaugh.

Just ahead of its publication, expected Friday, Obama has made his first and only direct, emphatic denial of any desire to push for government regulation over talk radio’s content.

Though we’d like to believe his administration values free speech in broadcasting, it’s far more likely to represent the same mind games we’ve encountered from Democrats for over a year on the subject. Just as there is more than one way to skin a cat, the Obamists are certain to find a less direct, back-door approach to the suppression of dissent that avoids inflaming his critics.

At the same time, however, the left is engaged in a game of doublespeak, as they repeatedly attack conservatives for “making up” the controversy. It will never happen, they claim, so why are those on the right so worked up about it?

A weasel is a weasel is a weasel. And a Chicago politician is a lying sack of crap. There’s a LOT more at Maloney’s article, including Rush Limbaugh’s reaction, as well as ACORN’s undiminished vitriol against Talk Radio and anyone opposing their goal of Reinstating the “Fairness Doctrine.”